Gamesalad

Learn GameSalad for iOS shows you how to set up your development environment and how to create a variety of simple 2D games from a breakout-style game to an arcade shooter to a maze game. You'll also learn how to use GameSalad to create a non-game app as well. This book also takes you beyond game development into getting your game into the App Store, using iAd, and marketing your game.

So you have a great idea for an iPhone or iPad game, but you've never programmed before. Where to start? Here! With GameSalad, you can design, build, and publish a 2D game in the App Store using an easy-to-use, no-programming-required game creation tool. Learn GameSalad for iOS shows you how to set up your development environment and how to create a variety of simple 2D games from a breakout-style game to an arcade shooter to a maze game. You'll also learn how to use GameSalad to create a non-game app as well. This book also takes you beyond game development...

In 2007, Apple revolutionized our way of living by introducing the iPhone, but most important
was the birth of iOS. Today, iOS is used in the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Via the App Store, a
new business model has emerged that offers more than 500,000 applications and games,
resulting in 25 billion downloads. This new business model is a huge opportunity for game
entrepreneurs and hobbyists as there are more than 100,000 games in the App Store.
GameSalad is on a mission to help you to be an active actor in this revolution.

Hold an iPad in your hands and you'll know what the fuss is all about. Select an app and the device disappears as you find yourself immersed in the experience--the iPad defines a new category for devices. iPad Programming shows you how to build apps for the iPad that people will love to use.